CVE-2023-28853

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-28853
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-04 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-07 00:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub Mastodon allows configuration of LDAP for authentication. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2, the LDAP query made during login is insecure and the attacker can perform LDAP injection attack to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-90

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joinmastodon Mastodon All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release v4.0.4 · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
Blind LDAP injection in login allows the attacker to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database · Advisory · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
mastodon/devise.rb at 94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
Fix unescaped user input in LDAP query by ClearlyClaire · Pull Request #24379 · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-28853: mastodon: Blind LDAP injection in login MISC www.openwall.com
mastodon/ldap_authenticable.rb at 94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
Release v3.5.8 · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
Release v4.1.2 · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub MISC github.com
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